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=Lesson 1: What are Creative Commons? and How can they be used?=

Teacher Notes/Student Introduction

 * This lesson will focus on the background of Creative Commons including the purpose of the licensing and how to use Creative Commons to license a work. In the first part of the lesson students will learn about the background of Creative Commons and then they will search for and find a song and/or a video that they can use safely due to Creative Commons licensing. In the second part of the lesson students will learn about how to promote their own work using Creative Commons and then use the clip that they found in the first assignment to analyze the type of permissions that were granted by the creator in the Creative Commons license. Finally, students will take a look at a real world example from a case study featuring the band //NIN (Nine Inch Nails)//. Students will then enter the discussion board and post their answers to several higher order questions.

Creative Commons - What does that mean and why is it important?
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 * Let's see what you already know about Creative Commons? Take the following Pre-Quiz on Creative Commons
 * After taking the pre-quiz and reviewing your answers please proceed by watching the video below in order to get a brief introduction to Creative Commons
 * //Get Creative// by //Creative Commons// is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution] (CC BY) license.
 * After watching the video on Creative Commons please watch the Voicethread presentation on why Creative Commons is important to you as a student:

Assignment #1: Find a Creative Commons resource that you could use

 * In assignment #1 you will use the following website to find a video or piece of music that you could use under the Creative Commons license.
 * Once finished you will post your Creative Common licensed work to the discussion area of this wiki. You can do this by logging-in to your wikispaces account and joining the creativecommonsphillips wiki, after doing so you will go to the discussion tab at the top of this page and will enter your citation and attribution for your video or music clip.

Creative Commons - How can I get a Creative Commons license for my original work?

 * In order get to know a little bit more about Creative Commons and how you can use it for your own original works that you will be creating later in the school year please watch the video //Wanna Work Together// on the following page and read the following types of permission that you can give to others under Creative Commons.
 * //Wanna Work Together// is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution] (CC BY) license.

Assignment #2: What kind of permission is my Creative Commons clip?

 * Take your clip or work that you found from your first assignment and look at it closely. Please post what permissions the creator of the work granted to other users for your assignment #1 clip to the discussion area.

A Real World example: Case StudyTrent Reznor of the band NIN and Creative Commons
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 * In working with Creative Commons you may think, why should I let people use what I created? You may also think why should someone else restrict me from using their work. Please read the following case study on the band NIN (Nine Inch Nails) and pay close attention to the benefits of letting other people use your work. Pay special attention to how the band benefited both publicly and monetarily by giving away their music for free.
 * Additionally, if you would like to explore the success //NIN's// has had with Creative Commons you can watch the following interview from digg.tv with Trent Reznor from NIN (Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain).

Assignment #3: Critical Thinking: What benefits do you think Creative Commons licensing can give creators of works?

 * In this assignment you will log-in to your wikispaces account and join the creativecommonsphillips wiki. After doing so you will go to the discussion tab at the top of this page and will enter your response to the following questions:
 * What benefits do you think Creative Commons licensing can give creators of works? (cite specific examples from the case study and any other sources)
 * Do you think more creators of works should share their material? (please include an explanation to why or why not)
 * Why do you think creators of works are not willing to share their works with others? (please include an explanation to your answer)
 * After completing all 3 parts of the lesson, would you be more willing or less willing to use Creative Commons licensing for your own original works? (please include supporting details to strengthen your response)

Lesson References:
> Except where otherwise [|noted], content on this site islicensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License] > Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain. >
 * CreativeCommons.org, Except where otherwise [|noted], content on this site is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License]
 * Microsoft PowerPoint and included for use clipart (see rules and permissions for clipart) (refer to answers 1 and 3).
 * //Case studies: nine inch nails the slip//. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Nine_Inch_Nails_The_Slip,
 * Rose, K. (Director). (2009). Episode 4: trent reznor [Television series episode]. In (Executive producer), //Digg Dialogg//. Internet: DiggTV.
 * 12-year old settles music swap lawsuit. (2004, February 18). //CNN Tech//, Retrieved from http://articles.cnn.com/2003-09-09/tech/music.swap.settlement_1_riaa-cary-sherman-kazaa?_s=PM:TECH
 * //Wanna Work Together?// by //Creative Commons// is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution] (CC BY) license.
 * //Get Creative// by //Creative Commons// is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution] (CC BY) license.